 | Nathan Drake - English literature - 1800 - 482 pages
...thousand gold dinars, before he drew his foot from the stirrup. At the nuptials of the same prince, a thousand pearls of the largest size were showered on the head of the bride, and a lottery of lands and houses displayed the capricious bounty of fortune."* In the tenth... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1805 - 488 pages
...thousand gold dinars, before he drew his foot from the stirrup. At the nuptials of the same prince, a thousand pearls of the largest size were showered on the head of the p. 162. ..168), and Niebuhr (Voyage en Arable, tom. ii. p. 239. ..271), have seen only its decay... | |
 | Andrew Crichton - Arabian Peninsula - 1833 - 476 pages
...splendid, is generally regarded as the most magnificent of the Abbassidan caliphs. At his nuptials a thousand pearls of the largest size were showered on the head of the bride, while gifts of lands and houses, scattered in lottery-tickets among the populace, announced... | |
 | Charles Hatchett - 1836 - 44 pages
...income of a province, before he drew his foot from the stirrup. At the nuptials of the same prince, a thousand pearls of the largest size were showered on the head of the bride, and a lottery of lands and houses displayed the capricious bounty of fortune. The glories... | |
 | Books - 1842 - 630 pages
...dinars before he drew his foot | "We admit the progress of the mathemafrom the stirrup. At his nuptials, a thousand pearls of the largest size were showered on the head of the bride. The reception of the Greek ambassador is described as follows : — " The caliph's whole... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1844 - 738 pages
...thousand gold dinars — before he drew his foot from the stirrup. At the nuptials of the same prince, our zeal ; She died at Holy Isle.' Lord Marmion started from the g the bride, and a lottery of lands and houses displayed the capricious bounty of fortune. The glories... | |
 | P A. Beddome - 1844 - 278 pages
...dinars, before he drew his foot from the stirrup. 171. What marked the magnificence of his nuptials? A thousand pearls of the largest size were showered on the head of the bride, and missilia thrown among the crowd, entitling those who caught them to lands and houses.... | |
 | John Seely Hart - Readers - 1845 - 404 pages
...thousand gold dinars — before he drew his foot from the stirrup. At the nuptials of the same prince, a thousand pearls of the largest size were showered on the head of the bride, and a lottery of lands and houses displayed the capricious bounty of fortune. The glories... | |
 | World history - 1851 - 614 pages
...the magnificent style of his court, and his patronage of letters. At the marriage of this monarch, a thousand pearls of the largest size were showered on the head of his bride, and a lottery of lands and houses was distributed to the guests. In a single gift, he disposed of a sum... | |
 | Robert Chambers - English literature - 1851 - 764 pages
...thousand gold dinars — before he drew his foot from the stirrup. At the nuptials of the same prince, rfolk (a hundred times bigger than that in which they and papa liv the bride, and a lottery of lands and houses displayed the capricious bounty of fortune. The glories... | |
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At the nuptials of the same prince, a thousand pearls of the largest size were showered on the head of the bride, and a lottery of lands and houses displayed the capricious bounty of fortune. 
